Category Archives: Local News

Governor Larry Rhoden is clearing up confusion over arrest numbers from last weekend's Operation Prairie Thunder efforts. Last week he announced 174 drug arrests from the three-day patrol in SIoux Fal...

RAPID CITY, SD (KELO.com) -- Exports are the central focus as the Motorcade for Trade gets rolling across farm country. U-S House Agriculture Committee member, Congressman Dusty Johnson was part of a ...

SIOUX FALLS, D (KELO.com) -- In two weeks, South Dakota legislators will meet in a special session to decide the fate of a proposed 650-million dollar men's prison to be built in Sioux Falls. The pris...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- The bird flu is getting an early start in South Dakota this fall. Over 100-thousand turkeys in Faulk and Beadle Counties have been infected, with two more flocks impacted but ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- This year's pheasant season is expected to be loud and wild. State wildlife officials say hunters could harvest up to one and a half million birds this fall, topping last year...

MARTIN, SD (KELO.com) -- A new hospital is on the way for an area that sorely needs it. Bennett County Hospital officials broke ground on a 19-million dollar facility in Martin. They call it a lifesav...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Buzz Lightyear, Woody and the Toy Story gang would be proud. The Toy Lending Library of South Dakota is celebrating ten years of helping kids learn through play. The nonp...

LARCHWOOD, IA (KELO.com) -- The city of Larchwood, Iowa is moving forward with plans for a new community center, but the location is the subject of debate. The one and a half million dollar project is...

A fiery plane crash in Brookings over the weekend injured three people. Pilot Evan Koep and front-seat passenger Hayden Kerkart were both airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital for treatment of contusion...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- An anonymous donor is making way for a three-year pilot program to have a full-time mental health therapist in Sioux Falls Schools. The Dakota Scout reports Five schools ...